Instant classic! Must play!

User Rating: 10 | Maniac Mansion C64
By d-rtyboy | Review Date:
This is the quintessential adventure game. If you're a gamer you must play this game. I don't know if I can heap enough praise on this game. One of the last true games from an era when game developers actually had creative input.

The graphics are dated by todays standards, obviously but they were very good for the time. I realize that this would be a major turn off to people who want graphics to do the immersion for them, but you aren't a real gamer if you think that.

The storyline of the game has you taking on the role of a handful of 80s stereotyped high schoolers whose car broke down(I think?) and find themselves in front of an old mansion which is owned by a mad scientist. You then explore the mansion which contains all sorts of traps and puzzles for you to figure out. There were so many ways of interacting with the environment and objects within it, it's a wonder todays games haven't taken a cue from a classic such as this.

This is a one of a kind game and I don't believe there will ever be another game with such a unique theme.

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